Godzilla: King Of The Monsters Trailer Breakdown - 16 Things You Need To See
5. *Sigh* Humans Are The "Real" Monsters
As neat as the trailer (mostly) looks, there is one shamelessly cringe-worthy, on-the-nose moment that just doesn't work at all. Madison says to an unseen person, "You're a monster", and cross-cutting this with another scene featuring her mother seems to imply that she's the intended recipient of the comment.
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Given that Emma may end up forcing the monsters to fight, it's easy to see why Madison might be mad that her precious Mothra is sent into battle, though calling a human a monster in a movie filled with literal monsters just feels a little too obviously circling the "humans are the real monsters" theme.
Look, nobody expects subtlety in a freaking Godzilla movie, but maybe don't lay the thematic stuff on quite so thickly, yeah?
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